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11.4 <tt class="module">statvfs</tt> --
         Constants used with <tt class="function">os.statvfs()</tt></a>
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The <tt class="module">statvfs</tt> module defines constants so interpreting the result
if <tt class="function">os.statvfs()</tt>, which returns a tuple, can be made without
remembering ``magic numbers.''  Each of the constants defined in this
module is the <em>index</em> of the entry in the tuple returned by
<tt class="function">os.statvfs()</tt> that contains the specified information.

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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2237' xml:id='l2h-2237'>F_BSIZE</tt></b></dt>
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Preferred file system block size.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2238' xml:id='l2h-2238'>F_FRSIZE</tt></b></dt>
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Fundamental file system block size.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2239' xml:id='l2h-2239'>F_BLOCKS</tt></b></dt>
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Total number of blocks in the filesystem.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2240' xml:id='l2h-2240'>F_BFREE</tt></b></dt>
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Total number of free blocks.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2241' xml:id='l2h-2241'>F_BAVAIL</tt></b></dt>
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Free blocks available to non-super user.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2242' xml:id='l2h-2242'>F_FILES</tt></b></dt>
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Total number of file nodes.
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Total number of free file nodes.
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Free nodes available to non-super user.
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<dl><dt><b><tt id='l2h-2245' xml:id='l2h-2245'>F_FLAG</tt></b></dt>
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Flags. System dependent: see <tt class="cfunction">statvfs()</tt> man page.
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Maximum file name length.
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